{"sf1_id":1628014,"sf2_id":"Rm0kR2qe","title":"Take 2","author":"Jiblits","words":274,"posted_at":"2020-09-14T06:44:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Poetry","Reincarnation","Short Story"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1628014-take-2","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm0kR2qe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/84/c5/84c540ba-ecd5-4dfb-8ee3-14bf2176fd19","description":"","content":"Suggestion\u0026nbsp;given\n\nPlot: Man dies, \u0026 is reincarnated into adopted family dog\n\nFamiliar faces all around, none with a smile\n\nIt was everyone I loved, cared for, all here for one last little while\n\nThe atmosphere was heavy, the room was filled with quiet tears \u0026 beeping machines all around\n\nHow I wish they could be just a bit louder, just enough to cover that saddening sound\n\nThis would be my death bed, of this I had no doubt\n\nIt was a farewell gathering, it's what human closure was inevitably about\n\nA few good breathes \u0026 smiles to give\n\nI went quicker than I'd hoped, wishing to continue to live\n\nIt was, a strange feeling to wake \u0026 see my kitchen in front of me\n\nWas this a dream, was it my version of what I wanted to see\n\nIt was like everything had grown\n\nSomehow I felt things uneasy, unfamiliar, colors weren't easily being shown\n\nMore than that, I heard very well, familiar voices coming near, footsteps, I could somehow smell who it was on the way\n\nSure enough, giant versions of my family had appeared, some calling to me good morning \"Earl Gray\"\n\nAs I moved forward, \u0026 looked down, I could see paws, frightened at what this was, I called out, only to hear a bark, \u0026 stares with many shushes given\n\nI was truly an old gray dog, I was still alive, but not sure for how long, Gray's life wasn't the one I'd hoped to keep livin\n\nWhat a way, what a world to be in after feeling, \u0026 living 10ft tall...\n\nNow I'm, furry, gray, old, \u0026 3ft small...\n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n"}